Sponge Questions Day 29-31 Flashcards
To be President one must be
jus soli which means of the soil
To be President one must be
jus sanguini which means of the blood
What term describes a pact between the President and the head of a foreign state?
Executive agreement
Executive Order
A directive, rule, or regulation that has the effect of law
The media
means of communicating with people
What was the original purpose of the electoral college?
Giving a larger voice to less populated states and having more enlightened people choose the president.
Proposing a law to expand educational opportunities for preschool-age children would be an example of what kind of presidential power?
legislative
Other than negotiating with legislative leaders, what would probably be the most effective way for a president to achieve the goal of getting changes made to an important bill when Congress is controlled by the other party?
Threatening a veto
What Latin phrase means that a lower court is to send up the record in a given case for its review?
Writ off Certiaran
Payment or satisfaction of a claim
Redress
What two types of lower courts have been created by Congress?
The Constitutional and The Special Courts
A court in which a case is heard first
Original Jurisdiction
A court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court
Appellate Jurisdiction
Granting clemency
Power of president
Reagan in 1984 appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court. Who was she?
Sandra Day O’Connor
What clause gives people the right to follow religious beliefs that do not violate social duties or subvert order?
Free Exercise Clause
Appointed judges
Judicial power of the president
Who were the Bill of Rights originally intended to restrict?
The New National Government
When can government limit free speech or free press?
If the communication libels or slanders another person
Presidential legislative powers
Use of the veto, pocket veto, recommend legislation, call special session Congress
